Bad Ambassador
{{Infobox song
| name = Bad Ambassador
| cover = Divine7.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Divine Comedy
| album = Regeneration
| A-side = "Bad Ambassador", "Bad Ambassador (Live)"
| B-side = "Edward the Confessor", "U.S.E.", "Pictures of Matchstick Men (Live)", "Sweden (Live)", "Life on Earth (Live)"
| released = 2001
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Britpop
| length = 3:46
| label = Parlophone/EMI
| writer = Neil Hannon
| producer = Nigel Godrich
| prev_title = Love What You Do
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Perfect Lovesong
| next_year = 2001
}}
"Bad Ambassador" is a song by the Divine Comedy. It was released as the second single from the album Regeneration. A live version of the track serves as the A-side on the second CD single.
CD-ROM content on the first disc includes the promotional video. Filmed in black and white, it features a Bigfoot working in a paper factory and dreaming of a better life with a co-worker.
The four live tracks from the second CD and 7" were recorded at Oxford Brookes University on 21 March 2001. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is a cover version of the Status Quo song from 1968.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7" (R 6558)
| title1 = Bad Ambassador
| title2 = Life on Earth
| note2 = Live
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD1 (CDRS6558)
| title1 = Bad Ambassador
| title2 = Edward the Confessor
| title3 = U.S.E.
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD2 (CDR 6558)
| title1 = Bad Ambassador
| note1 = Live
| title2 = Pictures of Matchstick Men
| note2 = Live
| title3 = Sweden
| note3 = Live
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD promo (CDR-DJ-6558)
| title1 = Bad Ambassador
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD promo (France) (SA6368)
| title1 = Bad Ambassador
}}
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Category:The Divine Comedy (band) songs